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by Valerie Bodden (Author)
From prickly porcupines to slippery seals, animals are wonderfully diverse. This popular zoology series for elementary students studies mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates from around the world. Beautiful photos pair with factual life science text to explore the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each title also includes a related folktale or myth for cross-curricular learning. With its snapping jaws and strong tail, the crocodile is skilled hunter and swimmer. This zoology title for children, filled with beautiful photos and factual life science text, examines the reptile's scales and other parts of its anatomy, hunting and feeding habits, life cycle, and offspring care. Its river and wetland habitats are described, too. An African folktale explains why crocodiles have rough, bumpy skin. Part of Creative Education's popular Amazing Animals series, this bilingual edition supports elementary-aged dual language learners with side-by-side English and Spanish text, captions, on-page definitions, and an index.
Author Biography
Valerie Bodden is the author of more than 150 children's books. Her books have received favorable reviews from Booklist, Children's Literature, ForeWord Magazine, Horn Book Guide, VOYA, and School Library Journal. Valerie lives in Wisconsin with her husband, four children, one dog, one cat, a growing collection of fish, and miscellaneous bugs that her children have "rescued" from the outdoors. She spends most of her time writing or wrangling children and animals.
